Left Realism, community and state-building

Conscious-state Anti-realism

! Philosophical discussions of phenomenal consciousness are often cast in the idiom of realism/anti-realism debates. See, for example the “phenomenal realism” discussed by Chalmers (2003), Block (2002), and McLaughlin (2003) as well as the “qualia realism” discussed by Kind (2001), Graham and Horgan (2008), and Hatfield (2007). Often, the realists label themselves as such in the interest of mak...

Orbital State Uncertainty Realism

A new class of multivariate probability density functions is proposed called the Gauss von Mises (GVM) family of distributions. The distinguishing feature of the GVM distribution is its definition on a cylindrical manifold, the underlying state space in which systems of orbital element coordinates are more accurately defined, which can provide a statistically rigorous treatment of uncertainty n...

Salutogenic community building

This paper explores a new approach to community building. It is based on the concept of salutogenesis; a proactive approach to community health which seeks preventative measures instead of the traditional reactionary corrective and curative culture of public health care. Increasingly organizations are concerned with sustainable healthy work forces but they often lack a coherent mechanism for do...

Building a Philanthropy Community

Building Caring Community Online

Community has historically provided an essential psycho-spiritual framework for nursing. Changes in communication technology pose challenges for nurses internationally who create communities across borders. This article discusses The Bamboo Bridge online community, a project responding to the global call for nursing education about the complementarity of nursing and healing traditions. The proj...